Sam's Blog

Oh, man...

We finished up with the change at 8am. I jumped in the shower, had some more coffee, and wrote a short communication to my boss. Then, we headed out to meet with a realtor and look at a few houses in Lakeland Hills and one in Auburn.

I'll tell ya, I was tired! We got to the first house and I was alright. We walked around. It was a pretty nice house - 4 bedroom, den, living room, family room, and a huge nice kitchen with a huge island. 3 car garage too, which is mandatory because the gym will likely be moved to the garage again...brrrrrrr....

The second house was nice too but it was $15K more and we didn't like the floor plan as much

The third house was a mirror image of the first. There was a little more wood flooring but, for some reason, we didn't like it as much as the first.

The fourth house was in Auburn (the first 3 were in Lakeland Hills - I fell asleep in the van during the 15-minute ride). The house itself was HUGE - 3500 sq ft. With all that square footage though, the kitchen was very unimpressive - no counter space and not much cabinetry...linoleum too..., the living rooms and family rooms were OK. Upstairs was impressive. Four bedrooms, each with its own walk-in closet. The master bedroom walk-in closet was about the size of the dens at the other houses we looked at. The upstairs loft was huge too. The area was suspect though - could be why a 3500 sq. ft. house could go for >$400K. Besides, the whole house was carpet and lino...

We got back home at around noon. Lisa went into the kitchen to make lunch and I was out like a light on the couch. Lisa woke me at 1:00 and had me go to the bedroom. I slept until about 4:30 - not enough, but it'll do for now...

The kids were angels tonight. They pretty much played by themselves allowing Lisa and I to lounge on the couches and talk...amazing. We probably haven't done that in almost 3 years...

I'd write more but I didn't get a chance to watch any of the playoff football today. So, I need to get moving on to espn.com....

posted by Sam @ 8:04 PM